1st Item: Antique oak gun case by George Gibbs, having originally housed a Gibbs .500 BP double rifle. Canvas-covered oak with brass corner reinforcements and handle attachments, brass locking mechanism with functioning latch release; retains original partitions with red felt lining, and straps; interior also contains a leather rifle sling (later) and two brass Kynoch […]
Lot 604: Collection of WWII & WWI Items: Helmet, Dagger, Bayonets & Buckles
1st item: German early WWII steel Luftschutz helmet, fitted with an earlier M24 leather liner. Interior stamped DN545 and "060" indicating size 60. 6 1/2" H x 10 1/2" L x 8 1/2" W. 2nd item: German WWII SA Dagger by Karl Tiegel, retaining the original scabbard and hanger. One side of the blade is […]
Lot 595: 10 Early Prints including Meriwether Lewis, Native American VA Portrait
10 Engravings and other prints of subjects including Meriwether Lewis after St. Memin, a Virginia Native American woman, the children of Charles I after Anthony van Dyck, John Quincy Adams, J.C. Hobhouse, Quakers, and more. 1st item: Aquatint on laid paper of explorer Meriwether Lewis in Native American garb, holding a rifle and knife, by […]
Lot 574: 32 pcs Miscellaneous Autographs and Ephemera inc. 1825 U Penn Diploma
Group of Assorted Ephemera, 1779-1940s. Includes: 1825 Diploma on vellum, University of Pennsylvania, signed by Frederick Beasley, R.M. Patterson and others; 1 Author and historian Henry Lee of Virginia 1827 ALS, 4 pp, large folio, to Lt. Col. Cockburn sending a large collection of revolutionary papers and letters with comments on each of the great […]
Lot 323: 2 Carl McKenzie Figures, Uncle Sam & Daniel Boone
Carl McKenzie (Kentucky, 1905-1998), two carved wood figures. 1st item: "Uncle Sam," with cotton beard, 16", signed in marker underside of base. 2nd item: "Daniel Boone with Rifle," 17 1/2" H, signed in pencil with address and dated Nov. 26, 1984. Biography: Carl McKenzie learned to whittle as a child from his grandfather and was […]
Lot 580: Army Corps of Engineers map, books, and gauge of Brig. Genl. E.E. Winslow
Map, 5 rare books and steam gauge belonging to Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General Eben Eveleth Winslow. 1st item: E.H. Ashcroft Steam pressure gauge, pat. date 1878, face engraved with the name Daniel O'Donnell, in original 9" x 6" x 2" wooden case. 2nd item: Large folding U.S. Geological Survey topographical map of Washington, […]
Lot 570: Early Civil War Ambrotype of a Confederate, Battle of Pensacola
Civil War-era quarter-plate ambrotype, possibly Confederate William Franklin Hart (1846-1879), depicted standing with a long rifle in his right hand and attired in a long-sleeved shirt with red-tinted necktie, plaid pants, and belt with a gilt buckle that holds a revolver and knife. Pencil inscription on the interior of the partial leather case reads "Presented […]
Lot 565: USS Kearsarge Wood Relic Frame and Marine Painting
Two (2) USS Kearsarge items originally owned by its commander, Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow. 1st item: CDV-sized picture frame made of 4 intersecting wooden sticks, along with a piece of wood inscribed, "This frame made of the stern post of the Kearsarge where shell from the Alabama lodged". Accompanied by a handwritten note with […]
Lot 555: Jefferson Davis, Toombs & Reagan Post Civil War Letters and Ephemera
Six (6) post Civil War ephemera including letters, some signed, from Jefferson Davis and CSA Cabinet Members Robert Toombs and John Reagan. 1st item: Jefferson Davis, former Confederate States of America (CSA) President, handwritten list of six members of the CSA cabinet, their roles, and their current location if living. Written in response to and […]
Lot 525: Ken Payne Bronze Sculpture, Where Smoke Talks
Ken Payne (New Mexico/Arizona, 1938-2012) cold-painted bronze sculpture titled "Where Smoke Talks" depicting a stern-faced Native American warrior grasping a rifle astride a strutting horse as it tramples a cactus underfoot upon a naturalistic base. Dated, signed, and numbered "(copyright) '94 Ken Payne 29/50" to rear corner of base. Mounted on a shaped, tiered wooden […]
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